Our Life in Japan
Title | Our Life in Japan PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Mounteney Jephson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 522 |
Release | 1869 |
Genre | Japan |
ISBN |
Chronicles of My Life
Title | Chronicles of My Life PDF eBook |
Author | Donald Keene |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 203 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0231144415 |
"I sometimes think that if, as the result of an accident, I were to lose my knowledge of Japanese, there would not be much left for me. Japanese, which at first had no connection with my ancestors, my literary tastes, or my awareness of myself as a person, has become the central element of my life." In this eloquent and wholly absorbing memoir, the renowned scholar Donald Keene shares more than half a century of his extraordinary adventures as a student of Japan. Keene begins with an account of his bittersweet childhood in New York; then he describes his initial encounters with Asia and Europe and the way in which World War II complicated that experience. He captures the sights, scents, and sounds of Japan as they first enveloped him, and talks of the unique travels and well-known intellectuals who later shaped the contours of his academic career. Keene traces the movement of his passions with delicacy and subtlety, deftly weaving his love for Japan into a larger narrative about identity and home and the circumstances that led a Westerner to find solace in a country on the opposite side of the world. Chronicles of My Life is not only a fascinating tale of two cultures colliding, but also a thrilling account of the emotions and experiences that connect us all, regardless of our individual origins.
Our Life in Japan
Title | Our Life in Japan PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Mounteney Elmhirst, Edward Pennell Jephson |
Publisher | BoD – Books on Demand |
Pages | 489 |
Release | 2020-09-22 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 3752501383 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1869.
Confessions of a Texan in Tokyo
Title | Confessions of a Texan in Tokyo PDF eBook |
Author | Grace Buchele Mineta |
Publisher | |
Pages | 188 |
Release | 2015-06-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780990773610 |
"It's not easy squeezing your life into a suitcase and hopping on a plane halfway across the world. Then again, the most meaningful things in life are never easy. In this hilarious comic book, Grace weaves fact and fiction - to create an authentic window into the life of an American living in Tokyo. Joined by her husband, Ryosuke, and their imaginary pet rabbit, Marvin, watch as this young couple tries to carve out a little slice of 'home' deep in the concrete jungle of Tokyo, without going crazy."--Amazon.com.
My Life Between Japan and America
Title | My Life Between Japan and America PDF eBook |
Author | Edwin Oldfather Reischauer |
Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
Pages | 392 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
Our Life in Japan
Title | Our Life in Japan PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Mounteney Jephson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1869 |
Genre | Japan |
ISBN |
This Japanese Life.
Title | This Japanese Life. PDF eBook |
Author | Eryk Salvaggio |
Publisher | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 2013-07-25 |
Genre | Americans |
ISBN | 9781489596987 |
Most books about Japan will tell you how to use chopsticks and say "konnichiwa!" Few honestly tackle the existential angst of living in a radically foreign culture. The author, a three-year resident and researcher of Japan, tackles the thousand tiny uncertainties of living abroad. -- Adapted from back cover